Interesting reading on the Intel Community of the Obama/Bush years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_Advanced_Research_Projects_Activity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is an organization within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence responsible for leading research to overcome difficult challenges relevant to the United States Intelligence Community.[2] IARPA characterizes its mission as follows: "To envision and lead high-risk, high-payoff research that delivers innovative technology for future overwhelming intelligence advantage."
IARPA funds academic and industry research across a broad range of technical areas, including mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology, neuroscience, linguistics, political science, and cognitive psychology. Most IARPA research is unclassified and openly published. IARPA transfers successful research results and technologies to other government agencies. Notable IARPA investments include quantum computing,[3] superconducting computing, machine learning, and forecasting tournaments.